How to Use heartrending in a Sentence
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Every new detail of the case is more heartrending—and stomach-turning—than the last.
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Joy Press,
Vanity Fair,
1 May 2026
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His appearance, stopping them in their tracks, is one of the most heartrending moments of any movie.
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John Penner,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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The air was cooler up here, the signage sparing, the views of granite domes and uninterrupted forest vast and heartrending.
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Gloria Liu,
Outside Online,
22 Oct. 2025
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Mitchell Arens’ cinematography simulates a fugue-like state that mirrors the vortex of grief that pervades through this heartrending film.
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Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
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In writing this book, Guralnick earned the trust of Parker’s second wife and widow, Loanne, who fills in some heartrending details.
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Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
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For Emma, the heartrending decision became clear came the night the police descended on her North Miami neighborhood.
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Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2026
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After the latest heartrending horse carriage incident, activists and some Big Apple officials renewed their calls to outlaw the industry.
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Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
10 Aug. 2025
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With deeply resonating performances from its leads, Hannah and Daniel, the film draws an audience into the psychological intensity of these characters in a heartrending and hopeful manner.
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Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
13 May 2026
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The film blends documentary and fiction to tell the dramatic and heartrending story of Mongolian herders Davaasuren Dagvasuren and Otgonzaya Dashzeveg’s difficult decision to leave their homelands after the arrival of a powerful and destructive sandstorm.
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Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
23 Sep. 2025
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